Riddle v. State

BAKER, Judge. —

The appellant was convicted of unlawfully driving an automobile while intoxicated, and his punishment assessed at a fine of §25.00.

The record discloses that the appellant, on the date alleged in the indictment, drove his auotmobile, in company with four other persons, upon one of the public streets within the incorporated limits of Mt. Pleasant to Andrews’ Candy Kitchen, where he stopped his car and called for some cigars. When the state’s witness, Pierce Owens, handed the cigars to appellant, appellant told the witness to tell Andrews that he would pay for them when he got…